Wednesday Woodworking – Heart box

Posted on 01/28/2015 by Andrew Reynolds

Just in time for Valentine’s day: A heart shaped box.

This is a project that our marquetry club did last weekend.  It’s a band saw box about five inches across.  I didn’t get my 100% finished, so here are the progress pictures.  The next step is to complete the marquetry for the top – a heart shaped Celtic knot.  Then a bit of sanding and some wipe on ploy for a finish.

Heart shaped band saw box in progress

Heart shaped band saw box in progress

The lid swings open and the inside bottom has a veneer applied to it.

The lid swings open and the inside bottom has a veneer applied to it.

The lid top will get this Celtic knot marquetry.

The lid top will get this Celtic knot marquetry.

I hope to get some time this weekend to finish the marquetry.  Might write a poem about it this week.

If you need me – I’ll be in the shop,

Andrew

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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6 Responses to Wednesday Woodworking – Heart box

  1. theblogwoman says:
    02/08/2015 at 10:14 am

    I love the Celtic knot – watching to see how that turns out. The heart box is lovely.

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  2. Olly Parry-Jones says:
    02/04/2015 at 12:53 pm

    Nice work, Andrew. I like how the lid swings out of the way on a pivot. Where did you make you entry cut to remove the waste from the middle of the saw? You clearly did a good job as it’s not easy to spot! 😉

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    • Andrew says:
      02/04/2015 at 2:13 pm

      The blade entry was done between the top heart lobes. The photo hides it well. In person you can find it if you look hard enough. I tried to keep the blade running with the grain to help hide it. Thanks

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  3. Christy Birmingham says:
    01/28/2015 at 1:21 pm

    Great with the heart shape, would be a nice place to keep jewelry

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  4. Marv says:
    01/28/2015 at 10:08 am

    Fill it with See’s Candy

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